Police stated they also recovered handcuffs and rolls of duck tape. Police stated they obtained evidence indicating he intended to engage in sexual activity with the girls he believed he was communicating with, such as condoms and lubricant. On March 26th Hammond checked himself into a hotel in Redmond for the purposes of meeting the girls.
According to the report Andrew Hammond is employed as a fourth grade elementary school teacher at Newby Elementary by the McMinnville School District.Īccording to the report, police in Redmond began interacting with Hammond in October while detectives posed as teenage girls. Hammond currently is detained at King County Correctional Facility and held on a $100,000 bail. He is charged with four counts of communication with a minor for immoral purposes, second-degree attempted rape of a child, and third-degree attempted rape of a child. Note: This article has been updated with additional information.Īccording to a public statement made by the city of Redmond, Washington, on Friday, March 26th, Andrew Bert Hammond, 50, was arrested by police in Redmond as part of an undercover operation where they used decoy profiles on location-based social networking/dating apps.
